I thought your organization would enjoy this Good BYE Letter from a Scammer. Again thanks for the great service to the internet community !!

Final letter after being confronted

I don't know what you talking about. But i was very shocked when i received your last letter and has read it. I don't understand. We just sent a couple of letters to each other and you already say that for me (all of this words). It's terrible. And why you sent me photo of unknown girl for me. And about my town: I is not guilty that I live in the my city, that in it such? I think you not a good man for me. I and i really sorry, that i spent my time for you. You don't know me and i think i will not write you again. And please don't write me again too. Bye for all time. Vlada.

'Tamara' changed name to Vlada, letters are identical.

Hi! I just happened to stumble upon your site while trying to find out more about Saransk, Russia. Thanks for your invaluable service of alerting people to scams. I believe I may be in the beginning stages of a scam. I have an ad posted on yahoo.com personals. The other day out of the blue, I got this email from a beautiful girl from Saransk, Russia telling me how she liked my ad and thought I was interesting. Her email address is: tamara2002@fromru.com. Her pictures look very much like the girl on your website Anastasia Smirnova. She has not yet asked for any money, so I'm not sure if she is just slow to set the hook or if this is the typical procedure from a scammer.

Hi Norm.
At first, sorry that i didn't write back so long. I hope it's will not a problem. I was pleasantly surprised when has found out your answer in my mail box. I have tried to write to you but I thought that you will not answer to me. It so is interesting to correspond with the foreign man. I very badly know computers but I went on rates of training to the computer. I now know how to use mail on the computer. As you have understood I live in Russia in city Saransk and my real name is Tamara. I found out you profile at yahoo.com. I will send to you a map where my city is located in next letter. If you want I will tell to you about my city. Some days ago I went in computer club and I have made some new photos of me and now I can send to you it if you want. In this letter I will send you my photo. I am twenty seven years old now but 20 december will be 28 to me. I'm interested in man for my life. I the lonely woman but I do not want to be alone. I was never married and I haven't kids still. I have serious intentions. I have tried to write to you and now I see that you have answered to me, I think we can begin to correspond with you Norm. I have written only once and you have answered to me I think that you are interested. Is it true? Are we two people which want to meet someone? I think we can try to know better each other but if you don't want it's your choice. I want to ask you do you correspond with women already? Do you have russian friends or friends who know russian people. It's interesting. Do you know russian language? I studied the English language at school and university and I think you understand me. I can speak english also. I hope my english is not very bad. I have finished university on a speciality ecology, but couldn't find work for my speciality and i working on another job. I finished special rates on a speciality designer and now i working for it. We have the computer here and I use it for our correspondence. But you must know I can't use it for long long time and please if you will send me the photos try to make it not much size. I ask about it, because i don't have enough time for internet. I can only send and receive messages. Because the internet is expensive here . And my boss very strict man and he don't like, when i use internet some more time. Sometimes I will use the translation program to write to you because I think I don't know some words, but most of all text I will write personally. I can write you 5 times per week, I think I can't write on sunday and saturday. (I don't work in weekends). Now I live alone and I rent my flat. For the first letter i hope this information will be enough. If you will answer me I'll write you tomorrow. I'll wait for your response. And about all another details we will talk with each other in next days. And if you really will be interested and will write me please tell me some information about you and if you can send picture of you. I would like to see it. Here i sent picture of me(this picture was made one year ago). Tamara.

Hi my friend Norm.
Thanks for the pictures from you. I'm very glad to see the letter from you in my mailbox. I see you answered to me and I think you show interest to me. Thank you. I want to tell you about me and my life more. Today is not very cold, about -3 C. The wind is not strong. I was born 20 december, 1974 in my city Saransk. My city is not big. There are about 270 thousands of people here. My city is not a very old, it was found near 360 years ago. There are some churchs here. I'm christian. I attend church sometimes. It's no tourist city, we have light, chemical, metalcutting,food and some another kinds of industry. There are not many cinemas here, but I like to watch movies. What movies do you like? I like romantic movies and love stories and fantastic movie. For example: Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Star wars. I like pets, do you like? My favourite pet is dog and cat, but I haven't pets now. I like to listen to music. I like many kinds (types) of music, usually I listen to some classic music, jazz, rocknroll and other. What about you? I like to clean my house (I don't like dirt) and I like to cook. My favourite plates are russian plates and italian. Sometimes I like seafood. I can cook many kinds of food. I really like it. I do healthy lifestyle, I don't smoke and drink and think that my future children will be healthy if I'll have them. I care of it. I'm cheerful woman and I like some kinds of sport, I like to ski, swiming and volleyball. Sometimes I watch other kinds of sports. I like aerobics. I work in private firm. My speciality is designer of interior(such as furniture, furnish of premises and other). I was never in foreign country, but at sometime i think i would like to visit to another country. I want to tell you, i knew one man from USA. It was a my friend, which went to USA, but now i know nothing about she. She don't send me her address and don't write now. I know just she is happy with her husband and they have a kids. But i don't hear her more than 3 years. I searching my man for all my life. But in russia I didn't find him still. I have as you saw dark hair(but i paint it regular at light colors) and green eyes (you may see it on my photos). My height is about 169-170cm and my weight is about 57 kgs. I like to read very much my favourite authors is Lermontov,Bulgakov and Pushkin. I finished school, then I finished the university as you know, now I work and want to find my man, I'm serious in my intentions I told you about it already. I had one man earlier but he was not very good man in general, if you want I tell you about it but later. So I decide to try to find the foreign man, why not? I wrote you and I have your answer it's great. I'm interesting to know you Norm. I badly know the computers but I see that I can use the email. It works. I write only you Norm. We have chance to know each other better and I want to learn about you.I would like to see many your photos but please don't forget it will be not so big. It's very long to receive it. I would like to hear your voice and I think about it. I hope you would like to hear me too. It's so interesting to speak with you but I have a problem. I rent my flat and I haven't any phone here. I have the phone on my work but I asked my boss about use it and I can't use it for personal using. So I decided to call you from phone service. I want to call you soon. If you want it please give me a convenient phone number I think the best is home phone. And please tell me how to dial your number I think I must know the country code and state code isn't it? I think I'll consult about it. If you want to hear me please don't forget to give me your number. I think that the time difference about 8-10 hours but I'm not sure. I'll wait soon for your response. Tamara. P.S. Here is the map with my town. In next letter i will send to you another picture of me.

Hello again.
Today is not very good day of autumn. We have rain and i think it's for all day. I can't write to you long letter today, sorry. I so busy, very much of work for me today and i haven't free time for long letter. Hope, i will write you later. I think it will be soon. You can write me at this time, i will wait your letter. Bye now, i must work. Tamara.

Here is the final one I have recieved from her so far with the heading From Anastasia and a picture, which now not so surprsingly I see looks very much like the girl in the Anastasia photos you have on your website

Hi my friend Norm!
I'm glad to hear you again, I like to read your letters. Today is not cold here too in Saransk and I'm at work now. I want to tell you more about my life. As you know I work every day but I don't work on saturday and sunday. I like to work I think that if the people do nothing it's very boringly and I like to to achieve the good results in all actions in my life. I told you that I want to find the man which make my life happy but now I tell you not about material status, I want to be with man of soul. I tried to write you and I received your answer, I know you are from united states and I think it's great country in world. But it's indifferent to me which country, I want to find the man for me only. I think we must know better each other, who knows, I don't know the destiny. I never be outside my country, but if I find my love and if I'll understand that it's my way I can moving to other country and the first reason will be the human which will love me and which I will love. I think you understand my english, (but it seems I make mistakes often, please tell me how my english). I can speak it also. I want to know more about you, so please write me all what you can to say me about your life, interests, hobbies, dreams and other. So more about me: As you know ,I like a sport(especially swiming). I go to ??????? for swiming 3 times per week after work. I like a knit. Some things i knitted and now i wearing it(sweater and cap). I like to cook. I like to cook a dishes of russian kitchen and italian. I learned it from my mom. My mom is cooking very good. I never was in foreign state, but i know there are many wonderful places there, which i would like to visit someday. My town about 500 km close to Moscow. For way from Saransk to Moscow need one day on a train or smaller if on a car. I was glad when I receive the letter from you, it's so pretty to find the message from other country. I forget to say you that my favourite color is blue, what is yours? I like cheerful colors also, maybe the colors of rainbow... I'm romantic woman, and I think I'm Kind and sympathetic. I haven't any brothers and sisters but I wanted it. In this letter I'll send you the another picture of me, i hope you will like it. I want to tell you that my father was ill and he is gone four years ago. Now I live separately from my mother but I see my mother often. It's the best human for me my mother. My father's name is Anton and my mothers name is Anna an she is 51. I have an uncle, he is the father's brother and he lives not far from Moscow. I have the grandmother and grandfather in the village, they are the parents of my mother. The village called 'Snezhkino' and it's not far from my city, about 65-70 kilometres. Sometimes I visit them. They have a two dogs called 'Reks' and 'Muhtar', they is a great guardian and his breed is the german shepherd. My grandmother have an yard with apple trees and other plants. Every summer we have many different fruits and make jams and juices from it. I think about writing the hand letter to you, if you want it of course. So I need to know your full and correct address in america. I'll wait for your next letter and please tell me more about you. Yours Tamara.